BY SCOTT MORGANROTH
I’ve always been a firm believer if a city has an old sports site, then use it if possible to build a new venue. Washington Commanders Owner Josh Harris will be moving his team to the soon to be demolished Robert R Kennedy site and building a new stadium where the expected cost will range from $3.7-4 Billion.
The Washington Redskins played there from 1961-1996 winning three Super Bowls. Harris will contribute $2.5 Billion towards the project and the team will begin playing in the Nations Capital in 2030. In the meantime, they’ll remain at Fed Ex Field in Landover, MD.
I truly enjoyed seeing Redskins games at RFK vs the Detroit Lions. Also, Harris said that despite the fans wanting the Redskins name back, it will not happen.
Another footnote, Washington has been selected has the host city for the 2027 NFL Draft.
Other venues on sites that were for Sports include: Turner Field in Atlanta was refurbished for Georgia State Football, Miami tore down the Orange Bowl and the Marlins play in Loan Depot Park, The Omni in Atlanta was demolished and is State Farm Arena for the Hawks, the former home of the Texas Rangers Globe Life Park (Choctaw Stadium) was remodeled for the Arlington Renegades of the UFL, the Metrodome in Minnesota was demolished and replaced by U.S. Bank Stadium and is the home of the Minnesota Vikings.
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Derek Jeter finally graduated from Michigan—-More than 30 years after first enrolling. Jeter has added a new title to his Hall of Fame Resume: college graduate. Over three decades after enrolling at the University of Michigan, the former New York Yankees shortstop returned to Ann Arborio this weekend ton don the cap and gown.
In another development in Ann Arbor, University of Michigan President Santa Ona will take the same position at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Ona had to deal with the Connor Stallions football scandal and despite that, won the National Championship under Coach Jim Harbaugh, now of the San Diego Chargers. Ona goes to the Sunshine State where there will be no state income tax.
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Congratulations to Kenny Albert for landing his dream job as the lead play-by-play announcer for the New York Rangers. Kenny has covered a lot of sports and we’ve been good friends for years. We reconnected at a media convention in Greensboro, NC and he was kind enough to come on the Motor City Mad Mouth Show in November.
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I’m extremely grateful to Kansas City Chiefs Vice President of Communications Brad Gee for his help at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. When I had some really important questions that I wanted to ask at Press Conferences, he came through in the clutch. I hope our paths cross down the line.
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I like the Words of Wisdom from University of Houston Men’s Basketball Coach Kelvin Sampson. “No one ever loses anything as long as they don’t quite.” I couldn’t agree with you more coach!
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Deceased comedian Robin Williams asked production to hire at least 10 homeless people in all of his films, helping over 1,500 throughout his career. Entertainment industry insider, Brian Lord revealed a unique clause in Williams’ contract that required the production to hire homeless people to work on the field.
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It was great to see 91-year old Hubie Brown call one more game during the 2024-25 season before retiring from broadcasting after 52 years in the NBA as a coach and one television. I had the opportunity to meet Hubie before the seventh game of a playoff series in Miami as they faced the Detroit Pistons. I wish I would I had a camera phone. But like everyone that hangs around Hubie, you’re always going to learn something. He called his last game between the Philadelphia 76’ers and Milwaukee Bucks on ABC, on February 9, 2025, accompanied by Mike Breen.
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U-Conn Women’s Coach Gene Auriemma went on record on the state of college basketball with NIL and transfers “How do you coach in an environment where the players feel like they owe you nothing and you owe them everything?” In April, he won his 12th NCAA Championship defeating South Carolina 82-59.
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Scott Morganroth can be reached at southfloridatribune@gmail.com, You can find him on X @TribuneSouth. To see his broadcasts, there is no cost to subscribe to the South Florida Tribune Yoiu Tube Channel.
He also wrote a book, “Lessons From The Micropone” which can be purchased on Amazon/Kindle and is also available at Barnes & Noble.
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